Steam and hot-water heater



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J'. D.HA1\IDBURYQ STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATER.

No. 594,396, Patented Nov. 30, 1897'.

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J. D. HANDBURY. STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATER.

No 594,396. Patented'Nov. 30, 1897.

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UNITED STATES JOHN D. HANDBURY,

ATENT FFICE.

OF PEKIN, ILLINOIS.

STEAM AND HOT-WATER HEATER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 594,396, dated November 30, 1897.

Application filed July 15, 1897. Serial No. 644,644. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN D. HANDBURY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pekin, in the county of Tazewell and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Ime provements in Steam and Hot-Tater Heaters for Houses; and I- do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. v

The invention relates to steam and hotwater boilers for heating houses; and it consists in the improvement thereof as hereinafter described.

Figure l of the drawings is a perspective View; Fig. 2, a plan View of top of ash-pit; Fig. 3, a bottom view of one of the boiler-sections; Fig. 4, a longitudinal vertical section of the boiler, andFig. 5 a rear elevation of two boiler-sections in proper position. i

In the drawings, A represents, preferably, four sections which fit closely together along the edges a a and have at the bottom openings a between them and water-return-pipe connections at a while at the top they connect by pipes or with the steam-dome.

O is the boiler-front, made in any suitable way, with the ash -pit door a, the door 0', through which the fire is reached, and the door 0 through which fuel is supplied to the magazine.

The grate D on the iron frame D is inclined downward from front to rear, while the sections A are hollowed out at the bottom to produce an overhan a with an n Ward 0 ening (1, between them, so that the fuel from a magazine under a superposed overhang a will be fed automatically to the grate, down which it will slide.

K is a slide-valve arranged over the ash-- pit and provided with openings 10, through which the hot air from ash-pit will ascend to and through the openings 01, between the sections. Thus it will be seen that the products of combustion will ascend from the lower end of the grate, through the openings a between the sections, to and through a top opening a then down and out through apertures a at the bottom, then up between the wall W and the back of the sections to the smokepipe S.

Each section has a front projection a to fit in the brickwork and a rear projection a which is bolted to the iron frame D, as clearly shown in the drawings. I

By this construction of a steam and water heating boiler I have simplified the combination and arrangement of parts, so that any section may be easily replaced, while it may be conveniently separated for transportation.

In practice and by repeated experiments I find that my boiler greatly economizes the fuel in proportion to the heating done, while it is easily manipulated and managed by a person of average intelligence.

What I claim as new is In a sectional hot-water and steam heater, the sections A having front concavities E F for the magazine and fire-spaces, the several openings a, a a a and the return-pipe connections a in combination with a slide-valve K having holes to register with holes a between the sections and a grate D inclined from front to rear as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN D. HANDBURY.

Witnesses:

GEO. T. HANDBURY, J. D. HANDBURY, Jr. 

